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8 Gorgeous Galaxies Shot This Summer By The Hubble Space Telescope That You Need To See


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8 Gorgeous Galaxies Shot This Summer By The Hubble Space Telescope That You Need To See

The feathery spiral arms of the ″flocculent″ galaxy NGC 2775, 67 million light-years distant in the constellation of Cancer.

The feathery spiral arms of the "flocculent" galaxy NGC 2775, 67 million light-years distant in the constellation of Cancer.

ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Lee and the PHANGS-HST Team Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt

 

Are we getting bored of the Hubble Space Telescope? Ask any space fan what their favorite Hubble image is and invariably they’ll mention the

 

observatory’s famous capture of the Horsehead Nebula, or perhaps the “Pillars of Creation” in the Eagle Nebula.

 

They were astonishing, but they were also originally taken decades ago. The ageing space telescope may now be past its 30th birthday, but it continues

 

to produce sparkling images that deserve to be seen and loved.

 

In the past few months a number of exquisite photos of weird and wonderful galaxies have been published that in its earlier career would have

 

garnered more attention.

 

So here—just in case you missed them—are eight great galaxies photographed by Hubble that have been published in the last couple of months.

 

(And that’s not mention Hubble’s annual image of Saturn, its incredible 30th birthday image and its trick with a total lunar eclipse).

 

Hubble’s 8 gorgeous galaxies of summer 2020

 

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